Questions Swirl About Settlement In Hyundai Fuel Economy Litigation
<p><strong>Settlement over MPG claims seen as 'sweetheart deal' by some plaintiffs</strong></p>
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Consumer Watchdog in the courts — lawsuits and legal advocacy holding corporations accountable to consumers.
Watchdog Groups File Suite Claiming Improper Disposal Of Field Lab Waste
<p><strong>Allegations take aim at DTSC</strong></p>
<p>Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, believes radioactive waste at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley is being improperly disposed of and has filed a lawsuit against the state’s toxic substances and health departments.</p>
KCAL TV-9 CBS, Los Angeles – Consumer Watchdog argues for proper autism treatment before the CA Court of Appeals
<p>A case before the California Court Of Appeals could affect the healthcare treatment of over 13,000 children with autism.</p>
KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Consumer Watchdog fights to guarantee children with autism get the treatment they need
<p>Consumer Watchdog fights to guarantee children with autism get the treatment they need</p>
Differing Interpretations Of Health Law At Heart of Autism Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES – Two state agencies that regulate slightly different kinds of health insurance plans are taking dramatically different views on the same state law...
Court Takes Up Whether Firefighters’ Kids Get Autism Coverage
<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2672" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/images_firemen_fellow_firefighter.gif" style="width: 200px; height: 212px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="227" height="241" />A panel of the California Court of Appeal today took up the long standing dispute about insurance companies’ obligations to cover a critical treatment for autistic children. At stake is whether the autistic children of many firefighters, cops and state employees will get the appropriate care when they need it.
Consumer Group Wants Insurers Forced To Cover Autism Care
Law360, Los Angeles (August 14, 2013, 3:58 PM ET) — Nonprofit consumer group Consumer Watchdog urged a California appellate court Wednesday to revive a lawsuit...
State Stumbles Over Illegal SSFL Radioactive Waste Disposal Allegations
<p><em><strong>Public Interest Groups Move Forward with Lawsuit</strong></em><br />
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A hastily-arranged press conference call Tuesday revealed Cal-EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control’s strategy in dealing with revelations of illegally dumping and recycling radioactive material from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL): feign outrage and boldly claim, without proof, that DTSC hadn’t done anything wrong.</p>
KCAL TV-9 – CBS, Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog Files Suit To Halt Demolition, Debris Removal At Santa Susana Field Lab
<p>SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA.com) — Once a cutting edge research and development center, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the hills above Simi Valley long ago became a contaminated, radioactive source of great concern.<br />
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DTSC Defends Santa Susana Lab Cleanup Oversight; Activists File Lawsuit
<p>Toxics department officials this week defended their oversight of cleanup activities by the Boeing Co. at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and disputed allegations by environmentalists in a new lawsuit that the agency is allowing illegal disposal of radioactive waste.<br />
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Groups Sue To Block Demolition At Ex-Nuclear Site
<p>SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Several environmental groups on Tuesday sued state regulators over the cleanup of a former nuclear research lab, saying low-level radioactive waste was improperly shipped to landfills.</p>
Consumer Watchdog Filing Suit to Block Top Toxics Regulators From Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Including Plutonium, From Nuclear Site
After regulators failed to meet a 24 hour deadline set by public interest groups to stop Boeing from demolishing and disposing of radioactive waste at facilities not licensed to accept radioactive waste and at recycling plants